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Notice to Contractors,

Bids will be received by the Board of Super
yisors of the town of Lime, at the office OF the
Auditor of Blue Earth county, up to noon on
the 10th day OF December, 1887.
For furnishing all materials and for the con.
struction of an arched culvert on the BLUM road
to ST. Peter at Wardlow's ravine; also for the
necessary grading Of roadway over said cub
vert.
Plans and specifications can be seen at Coun-
ty Auditors office.
The Board reserve the right to reject any or
~ ''' J.P. HINICKER,
Chairman
Mankato, Nov. 30, 1887. wit
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Shirts to Order.

large rooms for rent, with or without
stabling. Also new s room house and
lot for sale, located on corner Elm and
Second streets. Inquire of B. Bangerter's
shoe store.
5ltf JOHN H. SCHMIDT.
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It's so.

It's SO.
Jones, of the /. X. L. Clothing House,
undersells all of them in good fur coats
as well as clothing. Try HIM and be con-
WINGED. w. B. Smiths old stand. 22tf
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Henlein carries an astonishingly large
stock of goods and it will surprise the
visitor to see it's size. lStf
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In calling for the above letters please say
"advertised" and give date of this list Let
tiers remaining unclaimed at the expiration OF
30 days from this date will be sent to the Dead
JAMES CANNON, pm.
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GOODS
A WARNING TO LATE BUYERS

Notwithstanding the quantities of HOLIDAY GOODS
purchased for seasons trade timely
will surely disappointed Certain articles
be "out before the
through variety do delay, coming the
nexauie Though buy quant
Goods be Sold and write being
fathers, mothers and friends that
Remember when stock
supply another
Christmas trade
the stock goods
Buying large cash
O make that defer competition.
please Diamonds Pianos other
expensive urging them for Christmas Gifts oue
all on the
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TIE asLAvE MART. y


matter OF fact this last was simply rude
but very solidly built summer house; and it is
not likely any slave was ever sold there. In
deed, "slaYe murtsn were very rare in Tho
south, compared with the popular northern
idea; and outside of II few larger cities slaves
were almost never sold out Of family except
IN case OF bankruptcy or the partition of an
estate. Buta the tourists assumed that there
must be a ''slave mart in every old southern
town, the obliging 81. Augustinn accom-
modated them by locating theirs in this curious
old she'd 1t is case like the grave Of Paul
and Virginia in the Isle of France, which
romantic visitors occasionally drop a tear
upon. The mart the curious old cathe-
dral, the new st. Augustine hotel, the 50 year
old court house and many other structures
Of modern beauty or ancient interest were
burned; but 50 much remains that st.
Augustine is still n good place to
visit, The cathedral was completed in l191
at a cost of about SlGO00; but its aHtiqut ty
made 1t of vast local value. lmlrr,l. The
cathedral, Fort Marion, the sea wall and a
few old structures of Coquina rpcI; really
made up the antique st. Augustine The
picturesque remains still tave the r,1ntic
surroundings fort, the blue wutrrs of
the bay and many places of historic interest
but st. Augustine without the cathedral
is almost modern city, We have said that
the place was founded in l56j neanin. that
u fort was built there. Pedro Mnp.dnz
de Aviles, arrived on st. Augustine day,
Aug. 2S, and 50 named the place. The more
noted fortress of San Marco was begun about
1860 and not completed till 1856, all the work
being done by Indian slaves; it is now very
slightly changed and known as Fort Marion.
The sen wall WAS built in ls,,1-I1 by tba
United States and affords most delightful
promenade. Of the old Spanish wall which
protected the city on the north, enough re-
mains to be interesting. South of the plaza
are still II few old Spanish squares and in.
rtpSitrng
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st. Luke's hospital, 100000 to the American
school at Athens, $4,000 TO st. Johns school
on Long Island, $4,000 to an Italian
mission in New York city, S20O,O00 TO
the American Episcopal church in Paris, and
a vast number of donations of from 81, 900 to
$4,000 to churches allover the country, most
of them Episcopal To Grace church in par
ticular, Of which she was q member, she gave
Grace house, an elegant building on Fourth
avenue, besides vestry room, reredos, q grand
organ, SO, 900 for the marble steeple and
fine building in Lafayette place for cler-
gyman's residence. And finally her will gives
her wonderful collection Of paintings, valued
at S5O0,0O0, to the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art for the use of the public, and with it
5000, 900, the interest of which is to be used in
preserving and increasing tho collection
Miss Wolfe was born in New York city,
March 2S, 1923, and was therefore near 50
years of age at her death, Her mother was
q sister of the noted Peter Loril-
lurl and her father, john David
WOLF, besides considerable inherit
ance, had acquired large fortune as head
of the hardware firm 0f Wolfe & Bishop His
death in 1872 left Miss Wolfe the sole mis-
tress Of a property yielding an income Of
100000 ayear. She began by giving away
1000 year. and increased the amount an
nually; yet her fortune increased till it
yielded SGOO,OOO year. Her gifts drew upon
her so many begging letters and appeals that
she had recourse to the charitable organiza-
tions, and most of her gifts were through the
medium of the Episcopal church. Among
her best known properties were her house
aud grounds at Newport, worth 10000, and
her elegant home on Madison avenue, New
York city, In this she had several of the
noted paintings of the world, such MS Rosa
Bonheurs "Weaningof the Calves Detailles'
Guard OF Honor Chasing the COssacke,"
Munkacsy'S "Mont de Piete' and Knaus'
"Holy Family" Some romantic stories are
told as to the reason why She never married,
but they rest on mere conjecture. Personally
she was very pleasant, and was much at
tached to her few personal friends To
church and charity She gave for the pleasure
Of giving, from The natural promptinSs Of
benevolent heart.
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furnishing the Br... Sign.

The brass sign with brass letter.. which has
become in recent years such a comm. on door
aife ornament on business houses, is thing
Of beauty only so long as 1t is kept brig:..
When it is not FURNISHED frequently, and the
variations of our delightful climate get q
chance at it, II speedily becomes anything but
attractive to the Hsthetic eye. II takes mora
than the perseverance which keeps honor
bright to make the brass sign shine. 1t takes
polishing powder. hard work, patience and
persistent rubbing
Most of the brass signs on Broadway FROM
the Battery TO Madison square, which are
polished at all, are nowadays polished hy ons
man. He dosn't do the actual rubbing aut1
scrubbing himself, but he takes a contract 20
keep each sig1I constantly FURNISHED for So
much a month. He employs four, and solnc-
times more assistants, and there is USUALLY
work enough TO keep them more than busr
every working day of the year. The origin.
ator OF this unique occupation has retires
from active labor himself, and is content To
take in the very comfortable profits earned
by his assistnnts.-New Yoik Commercial
Advertiser
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Trinity college, Hartford, which conferred
on him the title of S. 4. d. in 1911. Hobart
college gave him the same degree during the
same year.
On the 12th of October, 1871, he was con
sccratcd the first bishop Of Delaware, the
ceremony taking place in st. PauS chapel,
New York, the following dignitarics oficiat-
ing: Bishops A. V. Griswold, of New York;
Il. c. Moore, of Virginia; Philander Chase,
of Illinois; I. c. BrOwnell, OF Connecticut;
II. U. Onderdonk. of Pennsylvania, and c.
p Mcllvaine, of Ohio. In the state Of tho
church us it then was, however he acted for
some time thereafter as rector OF st. An
drew's church, Wilmington. He now de-
voted much of his time to ecclesiastical
studies and writing, AMI between 1859 and
1857 published a Life of the Apostle Peter,
in Series of Practical Discourses," a "Life
of St. John," "Treatise on Baptism"
"Memoir OF Miss Susan Allibone," and "The
Harbingers of Christ" After 1860 he took
very high rank among Biblical scholars, was
one Of the American committee on the re
vision t'New Translation'1 of the New Testa-
ment issued in 1881, and had high reputation
as Greek and Hebrew scholar. IIisarticle on
the Pentateuch in the Church Cyclopedia takes
rank as standard authority During the
years ne was engaged IN THESE laDors lie was
steadily advancing in the episcopacy, and the
death of the Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth
Smith, bishop of Kentucky, made Bishop Lee
senior member of the American Episcopal
clergy, and therefore presiding bishop, to
which dignity he was advanced May 81, 1854.
During his entire episcopacy he was acting,
in the intervals of other duty, as rector of st.
Andrews church at Wilmington, and his
home was in that city. He was extremely
active in his duties, and nearly all the pres
ent Episcopal churches in Delaware were con.
secrated by him. In the characterization OF
later days, he was a low church evangelical,
and his preaching was simple, practical and
eloquent. He was a conspicuous leader of
that evangelical party which boasts the
talents of Griswold, White, Mcllvaine and
the elder Tying But as bishop he did not seek
to force on the clergy of his diocese his own
low church views, and it it said that ma
jority of them are now high church men.
The bishop had been widower ten years be-
fore his death, and leaves one daughter and
two sons. Hissuccessor as senior, and there
fore presiding bishop, is the venerable Bishop
Williams, of Connecticut, who was conse-
Grated in 1851.
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hour was deemed fairly quick hand at
Loo he was fast, 100 was wonderful, and
s,OD ems per hour was considered among the
physical impossibilities. Yet within sixteen
years at least seven composltors have in public
contests succeeded in surprising 1000 ems per
hour.
There nre few, II any, composltors who will
not be interested in the book Just issued from the
press OF the Concord Cooperative Printing com.
pany d-imited) Of New York, on Fast Type Set
ting; with Portraits and Biographies, edited and
compiled by William Barnes, Joseph W, McCann
and Alexander Duguid. 1t contains records OF
matches, hints for would be fast workers, bio
graphical sketches Of rapid men. and quantity
Of ether matter Of special interest to the COM
positor and from it much Of the present article
IL drawn.
George Arensberg who may be called the "fath.
er Of fast compostors," was the first to acquire
the right 10 n record in The Clipper Almanac, by
virtue of having set for money wager upward
Of 2,00O ems in sixty minutes, and this record
(2,o5D ems stood as the best for fifteen years
He died IN New York. July 28, 1896
Joseph W. McCann, the champion type setter
OF America, wns born at wil,amstown near
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your town yester- HON. JOHN ". DAVIS.
dayh he replied, with some point and more
truth, "Well, he's pretty successful sort OF
Davisn As the first Democrat elected gov
ernor Of Rhode Island for thirty years, Hon.
John W. Davis now fills a tolerahly large
space in the public view.
He is first business man and second pol
itician; i'll the first line, energetic and scrupu-
lousy honest; in the second, always Demo-
crat. He served on the Democratic commit
tee Of Providence before the war, and occa-
sionally OH the state committee since. Ten
years ago he moved his residence to Paw
tucket but continued his business in Provi-
dence; so when he was elected councilman in
the former place, in 1871, the question was
raised whether he was Il citizen He was
elected president OF the town council, and
won high honors in that position; but the next
year the Republican majority reasserted itself
and Mr., Davis was defeated. It is remarked
that as a candidate he has always run ahead
Of his ticket, In 1854 he was Democratic
candidate FOR state senator, hut was Il, feated;
in 1885, however, he was elected TO that office,
and largely upon his advocacy Of the ten
hour law for women aud children. IN May
that year lio was again elected to the town
council, of which he was chosen president; but
there was disagreement in that body again
and he resigned. to the loss OF his popularity
for time. But i'll 1856 he was again elected
state senator, receiving 1,466 votes to 1881
for Frank NJ Bates, Republican candidate,
though the rest of the Republican ticket was
elected. In the senate lie took very active
part in arranging the details Of the liquor
law Last October President Cleveland ap-
pointed Mr., Davis appraiser Of foreign mer-
chandise for the district Of Providence,
which Office he was filling when elected gov
ernor
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one of the most i'm
portant OF which
are the compositors
-men who devote
themselves TO com
position" (the setting
of type) ex ,lusively
and II is with fast
compositors that this
article has to do.
Fast composition is
a necessity in these
d ays of lightning
Journals and
speed contests have
come to be interest
ing and instructive
events in the trade.
Forty years ago
the printer who could
set 100 ems per
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Inn,,,atti,n Nnn,h

"Say, pa asked the pride of the house
held after Il moments reflection, during
which he Ind inadvertently d clined a second
help to hucliwheat cakes, 'if man does what
he ought to do he does his duty, don't herr
"YeS, he does, my SON.
"Wcll, suppose lie don't do what he ought
10 do, does he do his donty"
Up to the hour of going to press the pa
rental answer had not been given, Harper's
RnelI.
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cal seminary of
New York, from
which institution
he was graduated
in 1887. On the
18th OF June, that
year, he was or
dained a priest; and
after a brief pasto-
rate at Poquetan-
mock, Conn, be
came rector at Cal
vary church, Rock.
dale, Pa, where he
remained till made
a bishop. In tht
meantime his learn
ing and ability had
hnnn ..nnnnniru.ll-,,
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showing soliciiude.

Father to family physician Isn't George
Sampson relative Of yours, doctor'
Family Physiciai-Yes he is a nephew.
Father-fIe wants my daughter Clara. but
gave him TO understand that she woudn'g
get any OF my money until after my death
Family Physician-That was right. George
was asking after your health to-day.-HsF.
FssI'a Rsasg
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ST. AUGUSTINE.
The Old Florida City Which Was Lately
Visited bv Fire,

st. Augustine, Fla, which was visited by
fire but few days ago, had twice before
suffered severely from the luvnges of the
flames In 1886 it was burned by Sir Francis
Drake, and in l7O2 by an expedition from the
Carolinas under command OF Governor
Moore The accounts of complete destruction
in the second case are probably rather myth
ical. But the city is not destroyed this time
only the old landmarks about the square
have suffered
But all the nation is interested because st.
Augustine is the oldest town in the country,
and the fire destroyed some Of the most noted
antiquities.
In the south center of the town is the old
square or plaza; on the west sile of this tho
Catholic cathedral stood, and partly between
them was the 50 called "slave martn As q
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REV. ALFRED LEE.


Dtath OF tho sehIor EpiscopaI BIshop OF
tie United States.
In the death Of Rev. ALFRED Lee, d. D.,
s. I. d. and LII. D., who died at Whining
ton, Del, lately, the Protestant Episco-
pal church in America loses one of its old
time llborers and organizers. For forty-six
years, lacking few months, he was bishop
of the church; nor did he cease his work till
seventy years of life had brought him to his
last sic;ness. Alfred Lee was Il son OF John
Lee, sea captain, of Cambridge Mass. and
was born in that place Sept. 0, 1907. He was
graduated from Harvard at the age OF 20,
entered at once upon the study of law and
three years after, in 1880, was admitted to
the bar and began practice in Norwich, Conn.
But his mind was soon turned to the ministry
and to theological studies, and in 1888 he
abandoned the law and entered the 9heologi-
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French Street .6.S5 742 9.i5 Ills 8.45 -. 6.l5
Additional Trains,
On SATURDAY only, will leave Dupont Station at
LOO and IS p. m, Newbridge at l.2O and IT'S p M
for Wilmington and all intermediate points.
French Creek Branch Trains,
Leave Springfield no. 9.4Oa.m %, sos, and OCp.m
Arrive stPeters $40, ,lO06a m. 200 and 7.25 pm
For connections at Wilmington, Cbadd's Ford
Junction, Lenape Coatesville Waynesburg juno.
ton, Brdsboro, and Reading, see timetable at all
stations,
A. g. McCAUSLAND, L, A. BOWER,
SUPERINTENDENT Gen. Pas. Agent.
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the city Of Dublin.
Ireland. He served
five years appren.
ticeship at Alrxan
der Thonl's govern.
nient printing office
at Dublin, and put
In the remaining
two years on The
Dublin Evening
Mail. lie held cases
for Some time on
The Mail and other
Dublin newspapers,
but finally deter.
mined to come to
America, and ar.
rived in New York
In June, 1881. He
held cases in several
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ing all the time; so
she was able to
make all her near
relatives wealthy
by bencfactions in
her will and still
leave enormous
sums for the hcne-
iit Of :lie public.
The n Q wsboys'
Lodging house, at
the corner OF
Gouverneur street
and East Broad
way, is her gift.
She ais o gave
100000 to Union
- 600.
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at Philadelphia, he set. in one hour and a haH,
s,i4iemS with tn" lower case reversed, occupying
but 20 seconds correcting the same; and in one
hour and a half 1885 ems, bllndfoded, with but
six errors.
Alexander Dugud the winner Of the philadel
phia contest in March, 1886, was born in Aber.
deenShrc, Scotland, Dec. 10, 1856. lie IL a light
weight, iaj pounds, and stands five feet seven
inches in height When he was still but lower
case sort Of yOungster his parents left Scotland
and settled in WsterlOn county, Ontario, where
they remained until 1858, then removing to Lucas
county .. Alexander worked on the farm until
1872, when lie grew tired Of the occupation and
entered The Toledo Blade job press room
In years time he began TO set type. He after
ward worked in Cleveland, and finally went 70
Cincinnati, finding employment on The Enquirer
In six days in this position he set off the hook
l0l 800 ems. He is still on The Enquirer, where
he sets type with about the same speed the wear
round. The Philadelphia contest was his first and
only match and his best score made therein was
SAC ems In one hour and thirty minutes, an aver
age of 2gi7 i5 ems an hour.
Myles johnson was born In the city OF Dublin
Ireland, in the year 1851. After coming out on
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Working from the hook, in the regular
every day course OF business, Mr. johnson
set 5000 ems In eight hours. The takes"
averaged small, and thirty-four pieces Of copy
were required for the winners frame" They
included solid agate ads. and markets, noupareil
FOR the most part solid), news matter and BREWER
editorials, Notwithstanding the many styles OF
handwriting embraced in these thiriy.four
takes, Mr.. Johnson made errors in but two of
them. This high degree OF accuracy, combined
with rapid motion, earned for him thil enviable
record.
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CATHERINE LoRlLLARD WOLFE.

Portrait and Sketch of the Departed
Philanthropist.
The will Of Miss Catherine Lorilard Wolfe,
"the richest single woman in America who
died in New York city recently, has excited
much interest 1t must be extremely pleas
ant to give hundreds of thousands of dollars
to charities and public enterprises of which
ones judgment approves-if one has millions
left after the giving, and that was just Miss
Wolfe's happy condition. For fifteen years
she has been giving lavishly to public and
nrivate charities, yet her fortune was grow.
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The SnItan,s Health.

A story is told of the Importance With
which tue condition of the Sultan OF Turkey
Is viewed by bis people a Turkish journal
gravely printed one mornings His majesty
is slightly indisposed, having beep bitten bYS
alosquito last night
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GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND.

Hon. John W. Davis, Who Was Recently
Elected.
Hon. John W. Davis, recently elected gov
ernor of Rhode Island, is IA self made man."
He is a native of Rehoboth, Mass, but settled
in Providence, r. l., in 18Th In 1850 he
went into business there in the grain trade,
and has remained ever since Not only has
he made n success in business for himself, but
has assisted two brothers and two nephews to
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New York newspaper offices and then went to
Boston, but in 1888 returned to New York and
was given a sit on The Herald, which he at pres
ent holds
His first public performance was March "a.
1881 when he failed to beat Arensberg's record OF
1864 ems in IN hour by four ems. His record
was, however, considered phenomenal. The con.
dtions Of the match was three-fourths Of a quad
line to each stickful spaced with en- quads, the
stick to be emptied by an attendant. On June 4.
1885, McCann defeated Ira Somers, Of TSe World,
In match for three consecutive hours for SEQ a
side. McCann set $50 ems and Somers 0, ,015 ems
w Q. Barnes next challenged McCann, the match
being for four hours and $500 a side. alcCann
won this match with total Of 6GGaIS ems,
Barnes making 1851 ems, or four and onehalf
lines less. Shortly afterward he took part in a
tournament in Chicago, taking second place In
this tournament, owing to the noise and hustle,
he averaged only 1921 1-3 ems per hour, while In
his matches with Somers and Barnes, and in the
tournament in Philadelphia, he averaged respect
ively 2,ilB %, 20i59s and 1901 ems per hour. His
best work in Philadelphia was in the last trial,
when he set 3,9iT ems In one hour and half an
average of o. ,931 Is ems per hour.
William c. Barnes was born at London. Canada
March ~, 1874 He learned his trade in news
paper Offices at Tlsonburg and Woodstock
He took first prize in several local contests at
Montreal, Canada and Hartford, Conn., and In
September, 1885 in New York city, he set e.Ooi
ems in 50 minutes 30 seconds and . 100 ems II,
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strike on The Dub
Lin Evening Mail, In
1870, he enligrated To
this country. Mf.
Johnson has NO pub,
lie record, but he has
an auth g enticated
private one, won in
a race with Mr.. liar.
ry Cole, iu 'The New
York Herald office,
OH Jan. /, 1881. The
performance by Mr..
johnson is one oF
the most remarkable
in the history Of type
co m position. His
race with Mr.. Cole
was at typesettiug
''as She is set !"